A Military Recital on the Ukulele

Description of book

A selection of intermediate to advanced pieces with a military theme adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature.

Ancient music written for the modern ukulele ….. None!

Playing ancient music on the ukulele ….. Absolutely!

This collection of intermediate to advanced pieces with a military theme are adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature. The pieces in this book in roughly date order of the related military events. When playing a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, linear tuning is required (i.e. using a low G string). Notes about the composer and pieces are at the back of this book.

Contents:

La bataille de Marignan (Simon Gorlier)
La guerre, faitte à plaisir (Gregoire Brayssing)
Pavane et Gaillarde de la guerre (Adrian Le Roy)
Les Barricades Mystérieuses (François Couperin)

Recordings of the pieces played at various tempos are posted on SoundCloud (search for A Military Recital on the Ukulele or Ancient Music for Ukulele).

Please check out the other books in this series “Ancient Music for Ukulele” by visiting our website (ancientmusic4ukulele.com) and/or Facebook page.